Install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy S5

About Samsung Galaxy S5:

The Samsung Galaxy S 5 is the successor to the popular Galaxy S 4. The 5.1" Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 1080x1920. The Galaxy S 5 is powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with 2GB RAM. Internal storage comes in at either 16GB or 32GB, with a microSD slot up to 128GB. The 16MP camera is capable of 4K video recording and real time HDR photos. Along side the camera flash is a heart rate sensor, which can be used with Samsung's S Health software. The S 5 has a 2800 mah battery provoding power.

About ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM)

ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) is a replacement recovery option for Android devices, we may also say that ,

ClockworkMod recovery is a special boot mode that gives access to administrative functions, such as installing the base firmware (ROM), making backups, and performing a 'factory reset'.

Features such as Nandroid backup, adb shell, advanced update.zip are provided in CWM 

The Rom Manager app may be used for installing CWM, overwriting the device's stock recovery. As with the stock recovery, CWM can apply software changes to the device. Unlike the stock recovery, CWM is able to entirely replace the device's primary Android operating system ("flashing a new ROM"), including with aftermarket replacements such as CyanogenMod. Once installed, CWM it is accessed by turning your phone off, then triggering the bootloader prompt by holding down some device-dependent button combination as it is turned on.
CWM is also known as clockwork and CW recovery.

Guide to Install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Samsung Galaxy S5

Note: THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY!!! No one but yourself is responsible for what you do to your device. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Confirmed working on:

• G900F 
• G900T 
• G900W8 
• G900I 
• G900P 

Confirmed not working on:

• G900H - exynos 
• G900V - locked bootloader 
• G900A - locked bootloader 

How to install CMW with Odin

• (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
• Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
• Click the PDA button, and select recovery.tar.md5
• Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
• (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
• Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
• Click the Start button
• Wait for Android to boot
• Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you goofed)

NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.

Download:

• Download ODIN software - HERE

• Download ClockworkMod Recovery For Galaxy S5 - HERE

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Top Android app for Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014

 

 Football is one of the most popular sports around the world, and this time 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup has already been started so the fever has started for all football fans.

The tournament in Brazil has started on June 12 this being the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup.

To be updated with the most relevant information and latest news from the FIFA World Cup like ranking groups, scores, match schedules and more, we have chosen for you the best applications that you can use on your Android device and enjoy the game.

Top Android App for Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014

1. Onefootball Brazil for Android

Onefootball Brazil seems to be the most successful application for tracking the World Cup in Brazil.

The application appears to be complete with live results, information about the participating teams, statistics, competition history, news, and more.

Onefootball Brasil for Android works also as a news aggregator, receiving stories from different sources like Goal.com, the Guardian and Sky Sports, as well as YouTube videos and tweets for goals and match highlights.

Its match section is very detailed including live statistics, push notifications, a live ticker for remarks and a fan zone to share your opinions with other supporters.

Besides all this, the app is free and available for download in Google Play Store .

The app requires Android 4.0 or up.

Download From - Google Play Store

2.Brazil Cup 2014 for Android

Brazil Cup 2014 is an application specially designed for the World Championship in Brazil. Through this application for Android, you can get information, results, notifications, information about players, live results(Goals, Yellow Cards) and more.

Once you open the application, it displays a countdown for days left until the start of the World Cup.

An interesting aspect of this application is that, via the Brazil Cup 2014, you can add your favorite team and automatically receive notifications about its next game, the program with the day and time that occur the next matches of your favorite team and also information with the stadium where your favorite team plays.

From the application’s menu you can get detailed information about teams, calendar of match schedules, information regarding stadiums hosting the World Cup matches and also a history of the World Cup semifinals and finals from 1930 to 2010 provided.

Brazil Cup 2014 can be downloaded from Google Play Store and installed on mobile devices with Android 2.3 or later.

Download Here - Google play Store

3. FIFA for Android

FIFA for Android was released a year before the start of the World Cup in Brazil.

The FIFA application for Android is one of complete for round ball sport’s fans and provides accurate information and scores from many of the world leagues, also there will be information from the tournament in Brazil. The application has 197 leagues worldwide, and users will be able to customize the center of matches of the national teams to pursue more competitions and clubs.

The World Cup section of FIFA notes the groups, qualification matches, match schedules, and other information about the host Brazil, its stadiums and cities. Regarding matches, FIFA will display an overview, the line-up and a list of match events as they happen. The FIFA app is not the most detailed of this selection, but it is suitable for official scores and basic information.

You can get FIFA app for your Android devices for free from

Requires devices running Android 2.3 or later.

Download Here - Google Play Store.

4. FotMob for Android

FotMob is the most popular Android app dedicated to football, with several million users.

The Brazil 2014 landing page will take you right to the point with three loops listing yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s matches. If you tap the alarm button at the top, you will be ready to choose the matches you desire to receive notifications for.

Each match in FotMob has facts, betting odds, including a live ticker with detailed commentaries written by football experts in english, spanish and german. FotMob app includes news, Brazil city guides, squad details, results from the qualification stages, team and tournament stats and more.

If you are a football fan I think you already know this app so if you do not have it yet, you can download it for free from Google Play store on your device running Android version 2.3 or newer.

Download Here - Google Play Store

5. Adidas 2014 FIFA World Cup LWP

Adidas 2014 FIFA World Cup LWP app is a live Wallpaper (LWP) perfect for all football fans, equipped with the logo of the official FIFA World Cup and the national flags of all the countries taking part in the sporting event.

Every time you unlock your Android device with this application, it will start a short animation that will take you from space to the center of Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Estádio, revealing Brazuca, the official ball. In addition to time and temperature there are many other features that you can test by downloading it directly from Play store on your Android devices. Requires Android 2.3 or up.

There are many other applications that you can use on your Android device for the most important football event of this year, and we are curious which one you will choose, so do not hesitate to share the best application that you strongly recommend to other football fans.

Download Here - Google play Store 

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Best Android Tablets to Buy 2014

If you are planning to buy a new android based tablet and your are confuse which tab to buy...?

Then don't worry today i will hell you to choose the best of Android base tablet present in the market.There are currently a lot of Android tablets on the market to choose from, some of them come at great prices.

Anyway, if you have the money and you want to purchase a new Android tablet, choosing the best one to suit your needs is not an easy task . First of all let us see the things to be considered.

Things to be considered:

• DISPLAY
• Processor
• RAM
• Internal memory
• OS

If we talk about the past, the tablets area was totally dominated by Apple with its iPad, but now this segment is shared with other big tablet manufactures, companies like Asus, Google, Samsung and many more.


In this article, I want to present you 10 tablets that I consider are the best tablets at this moment on the market. I won’t make a top and all the showed tablets are presented to give a starting point when you want to buy a tablet. 

I will present you tablets with both 10 inch and 7 inch display.

Best 10-inch Android Tablets:

The 10-inch Android based tablets have the price which is starting around $500, and the majority of them are coming with a powerful hardware resources and with full HD features display.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is a powerful Android tablet which comes with a 10 inch display and 1280*800 pixels resolution that integrated the PLS technology (Plane-to-Line Switching). This technology allow to improve the viewing angle, increasing the brightness control and performances, decrease the production costs and increase the image quality.


The CPU for Galaxy Note 10.1 device is powered by 1.4 GHz Exynos Quad-Core Processor, 16/32/64GB User memory and 2GB RAM memory, the user memory can be increase up to 64GB with the help of MicroSD availability. Its dimensions are 262 x 180 x 8.9 mm and 600g Weight for 3G model and 597g for WiFi model. The camera is a 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera main (rear) and 1.9 Megapixel Camera Sub (Front). The tablet comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS, and a Standard battery, Li-ion 7,000mAh. Also, it comes with an S Pen stylus accessory.

Google Nexus 10

The Nexus 10 tablet is the newest tablet device from Google, and it is one of the most powerful Android based tablets. The Google Nexus 10 tablet has the world’s highest resolution tablet display; it’s about a 10.1 inch that’s supporting 2560*1600 pixels (300ppi) on a Super PLS TFT display with an ultra-powerful graphics processor.

The Google Nexus 10 tablet is built for speed. I said that because the Nexus 10 was built and created in partnership with the biggest Android devices producer on the wide world, the Samsung, and this tablet comes with a fast and stable dual-core ARM Cortex A15 processor and an advanced MIMO WiFi, especially created to offer a speed up for web browsing actions, more than 4x faster than a device with a normal WiFi connection.


So, such as the hardware performances, the Nexus 10 device comes with Exynos 5 Dual chipset based on two Cortex A15 cores 1.7 GHz, 6 GB/ 32 GB internal storage and 2GB for the RAM memory. A Quad-core Mali T604 GPU for its Graphics performances. Its dimensions are 263.9 x 177.6 x 8.9mm and it has 603g weight and a 9000 mAh Lithium polymer battery. Also, the Nexus 10 comes with Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and a lot of features such as Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer, Compass and other.

Asus Transformer Pad TF300

Asus is one of the most important tablet producers. They are using the best materials for Asus Android products. The ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 comes with multiple colors. 

Its dimensions are 263 × 180.8 × 9.9mm, 635g (pad only) weight, and 263 ×180.8 × 10.2 mm ; 546g (dock only) weight. 

It comes with a 10.1″ (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with IPS technology, NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L Quad-Core CPU clocked at 1.2Ghz, for GPU it brings a GeForce 12-core with 3D stereo feature. 

On the memory part, the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 comes with 1 GB of RAM and such as stored space offer up to 16GB for its internal storage. It has an 8 megapixel Auto focus rear camera and a 1.2 MP front camera. Also, the ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 has a supplementary Mobile Dock with full QWERTY Keyboard, that keyboard is optional.

In the features and OS sides we find for this tablet the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Operating system by default, and for the autonomy of its battery they obtain 10 hours; 22Wh Li-polymer and 15 hours with mobile dock; Dock: 16.5Wh Li-polymer battery. Moreover, it has G-Sensor, GPS, Light Sensor, E-compass, Gyroscope features.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z

It has been announced at CES 2013 for the first time, and it comes with 10.1 inches TFT, 16,777,216 colours and 1920×1200 pixels resolution with shatter proof and highly scratch-resistant glass features.
On the inside, the Xperia Z device comes with Google Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) that is running on a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad Core CPU. The memory for Xperia tablet Z is 2GB for RAM and for internal storage comes with 16 or 32 GB internal store place. For the dimensions side, it has 172 x 266 x 6.9 mm.

Asus Transformer Pad TF700

The Asus Transformer Pad TF700 is a great and amazing device, which can transform the tablet Android into a highly mobile home theater experience. It brings with a 10.1″ WUXGA Full HD 1920 × 1200 resolution display, and SonicMaster audio technology. Inside of its aluminum case box, they offer the most powerful NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM and for the storage space it has up to 64 GB for its internal storage memory.

The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 device has an 8 megapixels camera on the backside, a Front 2MP for video conferencing, and it comes by default with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) upgradable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Its dimensions are 263 × 180.8 × 8.5mm, and the weight is 598g. Also, we find E-compass, G-Sensor, Gyroscope, Light Sensor, and GPS supported and its battery is a 25Wh with a 9.5 hours autonomy for Pad only, and for Pad + Dock, it supports 25Wh+ 19.5Wh – 14 hours.

Best 7-inch Android Tablets:

In this section, I will present you the 7 inch tablets which are chosen by the android users when they want to have more portability and mobility with their tablet. From a lot of 7 inch Android tablet devices, I will show you some of them that I consider are the best of 7 inch tablets on the market at this moment. The selection is made according to price performance ratio.

The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus

The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus comes with a slim 7 inch form and great portability for its users. The tablet has an advanced productivity and highest performances powered by the 1.2 GHz dual processor. It is especially designed to easily navigate on the internet, being equipped with Android Honeycomb 3.2 platform with TouchWiz from Samsung features.

It has a sleek design with 345 gm light weight that makes from this tablet a compact device which can be operated with a single hand. It comes inside of the box with 1GB RAM, and for the storage memory it offers 16/32 GB ROM which can be extended with the microSD card up to 32GB. The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus tablet comes with 2 camera, the back one is a 3 MP with LED flash and auto focus, HD 720 p Video recording and in the front side has a 2MP camera for conferences and video meetings.


On the other hand, it brings a Built-in 4,000 mAh battery, A-GPS, Location-based service with Google Maps, Samsung TouchWiz UX UI with Live panel, Mini apps and clipboard.

Google Nexus 7

This tablet has one of the best price-performance ratio. It is a 7 inch display tablet with a 1,280 x 800 pixels resolution and all day battery life. Also, it comes with more storage space to be a perfect mobile tablet for your trips. 

It is powerful and truly portable, it comes with 32Gb of storage and offers a highly level of speed and performances. Nexus 7 is specially built to offer portability, speed and storage space. 

Inside of the box, the Nexus 7 has a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 16 or 32 GB internal storage capacity. 

It has a 1.2MP front-facing camera and by default it comes with Android 4.2 OS, 4,325 mAh batteries and a lot of features such Accelerometer, GPS, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, and Microphone. 

The major advantage for Nexus 7 tablet is the price: it is starting at $199 for the WiFi-only 16 GB model.

Kindle Fire HD Tablet

Kindle Fire HD Tablet from Amazon has the most impressive-design 7-inch tablet display. It is an excellent solution when you want to buy a 7-inch Android tablet device. The main advantage is that the price is almost the same with Google’s Nexus 7.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet is a excellent android device and is coming with Android 4.0 by default with the best customization possibility for the User Interface. On the hardware resources part, this tablet is coming with 7-inch HD display capacitive touch with high definition colors for its screen (1280×800 pixels resolution), Dual-core 1.2GHz OMAP4460 CPU, 1GB RAM, and for the storage part has 16GB.

Fuhu Nabi 2 Tablet

This tablet was made with special features for kids. Nabi 2 is a true tablet which comes with nVidia Tegra 3 Quadcore processor clocked at 1.3 GHz and such Operating System it comes by default with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 which means the Nabi is a very fast tablet. The purpose of this tablet is to entertain and educate kids. 

With its features, the Fuhu Nabi 2 tablet allow its users to read e-books, on a 1024×600 resolution display, navigate on the internet with kiddified Web browsing, watching movies and TV, synchronize with the home desktop PC or notebook with a broad application named “nabi sync app”. 

Its dimensions are 10.10 x 7.10 x 3.20 inches and come with a Lithium ion battery included. It has a Hard Drive 8 GB Emmc, and a Flash Memory 8 GB Size and additionally 2G of free nabi-cloud for storage. Suplementary, on the box we’ll find USB Cable, AC Power Adapter and a Quick Start Guide.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 isn’t a 7” tablet. It showcases an 8-inch display, and it represents a perfect solution if you want to buy a portable tablet device. 

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 brings an 8-inch TFT display (800 x 1,280 pixels), and it is powered by a quad-core Exynos 5 Octa processor 1.6 GHz. On the storage part, it comes with 2 GB of RAM, and 16 or 32 GB of internal storage. By default, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is running Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean out of the box, and additionally it has an S Pen stylus that allow you to use it on the new TouchWiz UI.